He Came as a Thief in the Night

  1. There was a period of time when there was no "rain" in the sense of recurring nagging thoughts against God and the neighbour, a period of peace. Then the "rain" began again and I got irritable with people. This time the thoughts say terrible things about one's family and others. If one gets them to shut up about Person A, then does their bile well up about Person B. If then you move them on they flame up as depreciation of Person C. Devils! They're everywhere. 1 Peter 5:8 - King James Version <8> Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Galatians 5:15 - King James Version <15> But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. It is a time of much rain, a time of flood, the swelling of the Jordan. "Be not surprised at the fiery trial which is to try you." Ezra 10:13 - King James Version <13> But the people are m...

When you are hungry, you think of of what you are going to eat and related considerations such as where you are going to buy it. When you are thirsty, you think of getting a glass of water or drinking a pint. When you are sleepy, you think of going to bed. When you are aroused you think of the person or visualisation who has made you so. All of these are relations of will and understanding in everyday life. You cannot get much more universal than tallying the marriages of will and understanding in life, the universe, and everything. You cannot get closer to God in conception than by understanding Him as a marriage of righteousness and understanding from which all relations between will and idea proceed. It is for this reason and none other that there were "compartments" on Noah's ark; these are will and understanding. It is for this reason that there were animals 2x2 on that ark: each of these is a distinct relationship between will and understanding. It is for this reaso...